The Coalition of South South Civil Society Organisations, comprising over 28 rights groups in the Niger Delta region has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu never to contemplate reappointing the erstwhile Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Beta Edu.

Recall that Dr. Beta Edu was suspended barely six months into her appointment following her alleged involvement in the diversion of funds from the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) into personal accounts.

In a tersely worded press release signed by Comrade Emmanuel Gabriel Abela and made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday the 27th of June 2024, the rights group vehemently rejected the idea of reappointing the embattled Dr. Beta Edu.

The release read in part, “as patriots and firm believers in Mr. President’s fight against corruption and ineptitude, we reject in totality attempts by a few elements to recall Dr. Beta Edu into the Federal Executive Council.

“Even though we’re from the same region, we reject in totality, any attempt to recall her.

“She is not the kind of person Mr. President will want to be associated with if he’s to be taken seriously as an anti-corruption crusader”.

The rights group appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to listen to those clamouring for the return of Dr. Beta Edu, insisting that her antecedents were at variance with the Renewed Hope Agenda and any attempt to reappoint her will be tantamount to endorsing corruption, a move which will be vehemently resisted by Nigerians.